The X Factor

Last years X Factor winner has opened her heart about the racial abuse she suffered as a child.

Alisha Bennett has been hiding a secret, according to The Sun newspaper.

Rumours abound that the two superstars will appear in shows in December.

This Christmas the race is on for the Christmas no 1 spot.

A Manchester Dentist has transformed X Factor hopeful Katie Booth.

Three treatments later, a now brunette Katie is all set to apply for the next series of X factor.

7th November: Rhydian Roberts is now the clear favourite to win The X Factor this year. He is now quoted at odds of 4/7, and has pulled ahead of Niki Evans, now at 7/2.

The News of the World reports that Hope's Emily Biggs is having a fling with TV rival Leon Jackson. The papers says the Hope blonde has dumped her boyfriend for Leon.

Until last weekend, X Factor's Hope were squabbling with boy band Futureproof. Then Futureproof were voted off in an on-screen showdown with Hope themselves.

It was always a bit of a foregone conclusion that Andy Williams would be in the bottom two tonight after his dire rendition of 'Chasing Cars', the question was who was going to be on dodgy ground with him?

Tonight's theme was classic songs since the year 2000 - which left little in the way of options but three or four acts chose the right songs and really pulled them off